Skeptics in the pub

I recently had my first experience of a skeptics in the pub meeting at the Greater Manchester Skeptics first ever talk. I went along, listened to the talk and then got up in front of them and did a live podcast recording with the rest of the RI team. It was really cool and it struck me how brilliant skeptics in the pub events are. You felt as though you weren’t a stranger because you had something in common with the other people there even if you had never met them before. I was talking to complete strangers within ten minutes of meeting them.

Next Month (June) is going to be very ‘skeptics in the pub’ centric for me because on June 8th I’m travelling up to Nottingham to deliver my newly put togehter talk entitled ‘I’m a ghost hunter; get me out of here!’ that focussed on some of the weird, funny, fraudulent and scary things I’ve experienced as a paranormal researcher. The talk also touches upon The paranormal curse, paranormal politics and paranormal tourism and similar themes.

I’ve never been to Nottingham before and I can’t wait to go!

Then, on June 30th I will be delivering the same talk to the Bristol skeptics in the pub. I’ve been to Bristol before as it’s local; however, I’ve also conducted paranormal investigations in Bristol so that will be an interesting angle I can add to the talk.

Hopefully I will be able to conduct some occult-like experiments at both talks; but this all depends on the venues and whether they’re happy with them to go ahead, so I can’t make any promises.

I had better go back to getting the talk polished off, so for now I will leave you with my inspiration. I dare you to not sing.

Hayley is a ghost

Hayley Stevens is an advocate for science-based research into seemingly paranormal experiences and occurrences. With a background in the pseudo-scientific research into ghosts, Hayley offers a unique insight into the strange world of ghost hunting through her experience.

She describes herself as 'a ghost hunter who doesn't hunt for ghosts' and this is her personal blog where she writes about ghosts, people, and other interesting things. Read more here.